Every island to a child is a treasure island.
P. D. JamesRead
I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Political correctness can suppress free speech and evoke fear among those who fought against oppressive regimes.
P. D. James critiques the concept of political correctness by comparing it to fascism, suggesting that it can restrict open dialogue and freedom of expression. This mindset may resonate particularly with individuals from previous generations who have experienced the harsh realities of war against true fascism, leading them to feel uncomfortable or threatened by modern constraints on speech.
Themes
Political CorrectnessFascismFree SpeechFearGeneration
In practice
Example use cases
During a debate about freedom of speech, this quote can be used to highlight concerns about political correctness.
More from P. D. James
All quotes βIf from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils.
P. D. JamesRead
What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
P. D. JamesRead
Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other Βpeople. Nothing that happens to a writer β however happy, however tragic β is ever wasted.
P. D. JamesRead
It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
P. D. JamesRead
The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course, his fault. He had been more ready to hurt his wife's feelings and deprive his daughter than inconvenience a pub bar full of strangers. He wished there could be one memory of his dead child which wasn't tainted with guilt and regret.
P. D. JamesRead
Similar quotes
Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, oneβs own and that of other people.
Leon TrotskyRead
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
Will DurantRead
There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.
Ayn RandRead
It's useful to go out of this world and see it from the perspective of another one.
Terry PratchettRead
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Thomas JeffersonRead
Rightness expresses of actions, what straightness does of lines; and there can no more be two kinds of right action than there can be two kinds of straight lines.
Herbert SpencerRead